Rain fills aquifer just a few inches

By Michelle Casady :
April 3, 2013
: Updated: April 4, 2013 2:04am

Dark clouds move in above the control tower at San Antonio International Airport.

A pedestrian crossesa rain- slickened East Commerce Street near Rivercenter Mall after storms moved through San Antonio and the Hill Country.

Thunderstorms dumped much needed rain in drought-stricken San Antonio . More than an inch of rain fell at the San Antonio International Airport on Wednesday. Pea-sized hail also fell near Woodlawn Lake where this video was taken.

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The rains that fell across the city over recent days flooded streets and filled ditches, but little penetrated the dry topsoil to help replenish the dwindling Edwards Aquifer — and no more is forecast this week.

By 8 p.m. Wednesday, the aquifer had risen just a few inches, to 646.81 feet. (A drop to 640 feet could trigger Stage 3 water restrictions.)

“The rains we've had over the past two days are the best since Jan. 9,” said Robert Blaha, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “We've had some other occasional showers, but this is the most widespread, and significant, since then.”